Stocking



Sept. 17, 1935. w. H. COLLER, JR 2,015,002

STOCKING Original Filed Feb. 17,1955

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Patented Sept. 17, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE STOCKING Application 1 Claim.

This invention relates to stockings; and it is concerned more particularly with the reinforcement of those parts of stockings which are subjected to the greatest wear.

Ordinarily, stockings are reinforced in the heel, toe and sole portions by a splicing yarn which is interknit at these regions with the main yarn employed in the body of the stocking. Notwithstanding such reinforcement, ruptures frequently occur in the double knit parts especially at the high heel through abrasion with the top edge of the shoe upper, and at the top of the toe tip through cutting by the toe nails.

The aim of my invention is to overcome the foregoing drawbacks inherent to ordinary stockings by further strengthening them at the indicated regions by employing an additional splicing yarn and interknitting the same with the usual splicing yarn and the body yarn, with attendant formation of triple thickness areas of close texture fabric which are highly resistive to rupture under the conditions noted.

In the drawing, Fig. I shows the side view of a full fashioned ladies stocking embodying my invention.

Fig. II is a fragmentary rear view showing the heel of the stocking.

Fig. III is a fragmentary view showing the top of the toe of the stocking; and

Fig. IV is a diagrammatic view of the portion of the stocking fabric within the dotted rectangle A in Fig. I showing the character of my improved reinforcement.

Referring first more particularly to Figs. I, II and III of these illustrations, the leg portion of the stocking is indicated at 5, a welt top at 6, and the foot at I. As usual, the sole 8, heel 9 and the toe III of the stocking foot I are reinforced as conventionally indicated by the light shading at l2, l3 and It, by interknitting a splicing yarn l5 (Fig. IV) with the main yarn l6 employed in the body of the stocking.

In order to further strengthen the foot of the stocking, particularly those parts, namely the back of the heel 9 and the top of the toe l0 which are called upon to withstand the greatest amount of wear respectively through abrasion with the top edge of the shoe upper and by the toe nails, I provide said heel and toe respectively with areas l1, I8 (conventionally indicated by heavy shading) in which, as instanced in Fig. IV, an additional splicing yarn I9 is interknit with the usual splicing yarn l5 and the body yarn IS. The special reinforcements l1, l8 may obvi- February 17, 1933, Serial No. 657,196

Renewed July 19, 1934 ously be extended over the entire areas of the heel 9 and toe l0 if desired, but for the sake of economizing in yarn and to emphasize them, I preferably confine them as shown to the center of the heel 9 and the top of the toe l0. It will be noted that in the illustrated instance, the boundaries'of the special reinforcement ll are substantially parallel to the heel sutures 20 and the limiting lines 2i, 22 of the usual reinforcement l3. In a like manner, the boundaries of the special reinforcement l8 of the toe I I) extend substantially parallel to the upper sutures 23 of of the diamond points 24 and the limit line 25 of the usual reinforcement M. The special reinforcements thus lend character to the stocking, and if a contrastingly colored splicing yarn I9 is used, a pleasing ornamental effect is obtained.

When the stocking is knit with a body yarn l6 of silk and a usual splicing yarn l5 of cotton, I 20 preferably employ a silk yarn I9 to produce the special reinforcements l1, l8, and by proper feeding of the yarn l9 incident to the knitting, insure its appearance at the face of the fabric. Furthermore, in knitting stockings of fine gage, 25 I preferably employ a yarn I9 of somewhat smaller gage than that of the usual splicing and body yarns l5, Hi to preclude bulkiness in the special reinforced areas.

Although I have described my invention in 30 connection with a full fashioned stocking, it is not to be considered as limited to this type of stocking alone, since similar special reinforcements may be incorporated in seamless stockings in a manner which will be readily apparent 86 to those skilled in the knitting arts.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

As a new article of manufacture, a stocking having the heel, foot and toe reinforced by a splicing yam interknit with the body yarn, said 40 stocking having at the ,back of the heel and top of the toe special areas respectively interknit with an additional splicing yarn, the boundaries of the special heel area being substantially parallel to the heel sutures and the limiting lines of the 45 usual reinforcement defined by the first mentioned splicing yarn, and the boundaries of the special toe area extending substantially parallel to the upper sutures of the conventional diamond points and the limit line of the usual toe reinforcement defined by the first mentioned interknit splicing yarn.

WILLIAM H. COILER, JR. 

